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Chief Deputy Amy M. Karlin will again serve as interim head of the Central District federal defender office while the 9th Circ...


Torts/Personal Injury


Fresh off a record-setting Alameda County settlement, plaintiffs' lawyer Chris Dolan discusses suing police agencies, exposing...


A Los Angeles judge largely preserved antitrust claims accusing major insurers of coordinating policy pullbacks in wildfire-pr...


Intellectual Property


AI dominates global IP debate at INTA conference in London

May 18, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Roughly 10,000 intellectual property attorneys gathered in London for the annual INTA conference, where discussions centered o...


Torts/Personal Injury


Plaintiff attorneys say a recent appellate ruling overturning punitive damages against Suzuki conflicts with longstanding Cali...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Plaintiffs' attorneys defending an $85 million fee request in the Google Play Store antitrust settlement faced intense questio...


Civil Procedure


Juries will begin deliberating liability on Monday, as well. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that the proceed...


Community News


A personal $75,000 donation from Judicate West executive Var Fox Yerganian will fund scholarships and pipeline programs aimed ...


Slideshow, Community News


During a centennial Judges' Night celebration in Woodland Hills, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association honored judges and le...


In a speech at the Antitrust West Coast Conference in San Francisco, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Daniel Glad said...


Wills, Estates & Trusts


A court referee ordered three law firms to return $625,000 in bonuses paid by the Michael Jackson estate, ruling the executors...


Attorneys for Elon Musk and OpenAI delivered sharply contrasting closing arguments Thursday in a high-stakes trial over whethe...


The lawsuit filed by Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP alleges county officials ignored repeated warnings dating back to 1996 that ...


Dana Williamson faces a reduced prison term as the scandal reverberates through California's chaotic governor's race.


Business Law


Bar exam vendor renews challenge to fraud claims

May 15, 2026
By Devon Belcher

Meazure Learning renewed its attack on the State Bar's fraud allegations, arguing the bar is improperly attempting to transfor...


Judges and Judiciary


Judicial elections in 24 California counties feature incumbent judges, commissioners, administrative law judges, prosecutors, ...


The electronic filing portal will allow attorneys to submit motions, petitions and responses online rather than in person. Pre...


Administrative/Regulatory


Under the revised plan, spending for the "Legislative, Judicial, and Executive" branch category would rise from $10.52 billion...


A federal jury in San Francisco unanimously found Costco Wholesale Corp. liable in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought...


Civil Procedure


A Los Angeles judge ruled that an existing deposition protocol will govern questioning of a newly added therapist witness in t...


Civil Rights


A federal class action accused San Diego State University of gender inequities in athletics funding and opportunities.


Intellectual Property


A Zimbabwean social enterprise sued the Toyota Mobility Foundation in Los Angeles, alleging it misappropriated proprietary rur...


A Los Angeles couple has sued State Farm and environmental consulting firm EFI Global, alleging the insurer used flawed enviro...


Business Law


Microsoft and OpenAI witnesses defended the companies' multibillion-dollar partnership and corporate structure as Elon Musk's ...


Technology


Legal support professionals gathering in Sacramento say artificial intelligence is transforming -- but not replacing -- the wo...


Judges and Judiciary


LA judge admonished again for misconduct

May 13, 2026
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The Commission on Judicial Performance found Judge Thomas J. Griego repeatedly mistreated self-represented litigants during sm...


A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge upheld a $20 million compensatory verdict for a former Liberty Mutual employee but ...


Torts/Personal Injury


Attorneys clashed before a Los Angeles judge over disputed juvenile abuse settlement payments, with plaintiffs threatening sub...


An Alameda County judge issued a rare tentative terminating sanctions ruling after plaintiffs' attorneys uncovered defense cou...


The parents of a UC Merced student who died from a fatal overdose sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT encouraged ...